Movies: Contemporary Ukrainian Cinema

  • 2023
    The Glass House

    The Glass House (2023)

    The Glass House

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    Ambitious architect Victoria has carefully designed her life. She is bringing up her daughter as a copy of herself and hardly notices anything outside her ideal world. The next step for self-realisation is a project that should bring her long-awaited...

    The Glass House
  • 2021
    Blindfold

    Blindfold (2021)

    Blindfold

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    Young MMA fighter Yuliya has lost her boyfriend in the war in eastern Ukraine. She starts a new relationship to make her life move forward....

    Blindfold
  • 2024
    La Palisiada

    La Palisiada (2024)

    La Palisiada

    5.92024HD

    Ukraine, 1996. 5 months before the moratorium on capital punishment, two old friends, a police detective and a forensic psychiatrist, investigate a murder of their colleague. Long time ago, both of them were in love with the widow of the deceased. Im...

    La Palisiada
  • 2016
    Without You

    Without You (2016)

    Without You

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    A lone car drives across the vast expanses of the Ukrainian landscape. Two young men are traveling to celebrate their elder brother’s birthday, but their plan is delayed when their car breaks down....

    Without You
  • 2022
    Kharkiv Music Fest Did Happen

    Kharkiv Music Fest Did Happen (2022)

    Kharkiv Music Fest Did Happen

    02022HD

    Even despite the terrible events associated with Russia's military aggression against Ukraine, people continue to live showing their fortitude - For example, Kharkiv Music Fest did happen....

    Kharkiv Music Fest Did Happen
  • 2022
    re-record

    re-record (2022)

    re-record

    5.82022HD

    A family celebrates the birthday of their son. After a warm birthday greeting, their usual feast takes place....

    re-record
  • 2020
    New Jerusalem

    New Jerusalem (2020)

    New Jerusalem

    62020HD

    Every year, thousands of Ukrainian Christians undertake a pilgrimage to Zarvanytsia, a sacred place. Between prayers they share news, brag about their wealth, take pictures of chapels, give interviews, witness miracles. Witness miracles?...

    New Jerusalem
  • 2016
    Blood

    Blood (2016)

    Blood

    52016HD

    Young cello player Nastya is besotted with Yura and wants him to be her "first". But this can be too much for some men, so Nastya has to think carefully about her strategy....

    Blood
  • 2018
    Unavailable

    Unavailable (2018)

    Unavailable

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    Lyuba works at a confectionery factory. Her son is in the war zone and there is no connection with him. Lyuba goes in search of his son in an unfamiliar territory....

    Unavailable
  • 2024
    amphibolos lithos

    amphibolos lithos (2024)

    amphibolos lithos

    02024HD

    From the Ancient Greek αμφίβολος (amphibolos) — ambiguous, deceptive; λιτος (lithos) — stone....

    amphibolos lithos
  • 1969
    Ashes Settling In Layers On The Surface

    Ashes Settling In Layers On The Surface (1969)

    Ashes Settling In Layers On The Surface

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    Based on diaries and photographs found in the houses destroyed during the Russian war against Ukraine, the film captures the stories of Mariupol, including that of the director’s family. It centers on the value of freedom and human life itself over t...

    Ashes Settling In Layers On The Surface
  • 2015
    Son

    Son (2015)

    Son

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    During the political crisis in the Ukraine, young parents are going through a tough divorce. The mother wishes to emigrate with her child, but the father can't imagine living without his son....

    Son
  • 2014
    Love You

    Love You (2014)

    Love You

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    Crimea. A young Crimean Tatar Aziz falls in love with Masha, a Russian girl. Their parents will stop at nothing to separate them....

    Love You
  • 2016
    Golden Love

    Golden Love (2016)

    Golden Love

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    Lack of self-confidence is stopping Viktor from entering the local House of Culture, where the speed dates are to be conducted. However, feeling all the severity of loneliness, he decides to make this step. His fear comes true - every date turns tria...

    Golden Love
  • 2016
    Nail

    Nail (2016)

    Nail

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    Valentina works in Lichtenstein. She lived in Kyiv until the age of 13. In 1996, during a hard transitive economic period in Ukraine, Valentina emigrated to Switzerland with her mother and stepfather. 20 years have passed....

    Nail
  • 2018
    Tera

    Tera (2018)

    Tera

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    Lyuba works at a confectionery factory. Her son is in the war zone and there is no connection with him. Lyuba goes in search of his son in an unfamiliar territory....

    Tera
  • 2017
    Maria

    Maria (2017)

    Maria

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    Another visit to the doctor happens to be unsuccessful for Maria. Her marriage is on the verge of destruction. Deceiving her husband, she gradually realizes that she lives in a lie, and increasingly retreats into herself to look for forgotten answers...

    Maria
  • 2021
    Paperushka

    Paperushka (2021)

    Paperushka

    02021HD

    Iva comes to an authentic and picturesque provincial town in the mountains, where forgotten places have a warm scent of the past, lighting up a desire to bring back her first love, Boris, who is preparing for marriage. Contrary to the social norms, I...

    Paperushka
  • 2017
    Technical Break

    Technical Break (2017)

    Technical Break

    02017HD

    One extraordinary technical break. A report with no cuts....

    Technical Break
  • 2014
    Return with Sunrise

    Return with Sunrise (2014)

    Return with Sunrise

    02014HD

    This story is about a father and son who have different views on the future and different ideas about life....

    Return with Sunrise